The Cosafa-bound Zambia national team on Monday evening lost 3-1 to Morocco U23 national team in an international friendly match in Rabat.
The Chipolopolo boys who will be making their 20th appearance at the 2023 Cosafa tournament will be seeking to replicate last year’s performance and continue with their regional dominance as they aim for the seventh title.
Zambia was using the two friendly games to prepare for the 2023 COSAFA Cup tournament scheduled to begin next month in Durban.
The Chipolopolo boys are grouped with Malawi, Seychelles, and Comoros, three neighbors.
In the meantime, despite losing all two friendly matches, midfielder Golden Mashata believes the friendly games were a learning curve for the young players and remains hopeful the team will do better at the tournament.
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“We have learnt a lot, this being my first National team senior appearance it’s a good motivation for me and my fellow young players, we will correct the mistakes made and apply the lessons in upcoming games,”
Zambia can defend cosafa title
Meanwhile, the Zambia U23 Captain is optimistic the assembled squad is ready and capable to bring back the Cosafa title home.
“We are ready to defend the title as long as we work on our mistakes. I have played Cosafa before and I know what it takes for us to defend the title so I will remain calm ahead of the tournament,” concluded Mashata.
